Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[drstratton]

Morning Update

She is still with us. Unchanged from yesterday. I'm going to add a heating pad for her.

Praying she pulls through Bob. So glad she still has a chance. She's a tough little girl.

 

[drstratton]

The girls are molting, slooooowly. Their feathers are so choppy looking, poor things.

Esme in the nest earlier. Look at those raggedy feathers!
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She's still a pretty girl!

 

[BY Bob]

Some Movement
Niamh is moving some today. She did some of this yesterday as well.

 

[drstratton]

Some Movement
Niamh is moving some today. She did some of this yesterday as well.

That is one loved girl!

 

[Sally PB]

Molting time is the only time I allow chickens to sleep in the nest boxes. Nobody's laying, so no poopy eggs anyway. I can understand wanting nobody to be near and jostle you.

Once the feathers have grown in, I close up the boxes. They understand.

 

[RoyalChick]

I agree with your ideas. I thought I’d heard cooked pumpkin is something you give dogs for their gut health. The fiber may be more digestible, “just right”, when it’s cooked?

I left the pumpkin for a long time, until it got covered with run litter & dirt & started to look nasty and I worried about mold.

I give canned pumpkin puree to the cats to help with fur balls.

 

[Marie2020]

@RebeccaBoyd

Silkie chicks they are now 8 weeks old

Peekaboo
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Bridie
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Spotty - I kept trying to remove the dirt on him much to his dislike! But those dirt spots just wouldn’t become clean. Put my glasses on and they are brown feathers!
He’s a boy for sure.
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Spotty has found the high spot to over look everyone
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And Marty has taken over the Noiran chickies I am glad she has babies.
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I want every single one of these fluffys

 

[Marie2020]

No. She had been improving but had dramatically turned worse today. I'm treating for everything but she is fading badly. I am not optimistic she will survive the night.

I had her out in the sun today. Joy came by for a while.

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How is she now. I'm sorry I haven't caught up yet.

 

[featherhead007]

Yes I broke it fully open….
….So they could better ignore it

 

[Marie2020]

Dakota is doing better this morning. Her eyes are bright, and she’s attentive.

That's great news